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The Federal Government has proposed a mandatory eight weeks course at the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies for all newly elected labour leaders in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this, Monday, during the budget defence of his ministry and its parastatals before …

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has said it will embark on nationwide public demonstration over federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, imbroglio. Recall that ASUU on February 14, 2022, shut down public universities over the inability of the federal government to implement agreements the two parties entered into …

Key labour unions in Nigeria met on Tuesday in Abuja where they outlined the conditions the Federal Government must meet before it would be allowed to stop subsidising Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. Officials of the Trade Union Congress, Nigeria Labour Congress, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association …

Angry workers in their thousand disrupted the 2017 May Day celebrations at the Eagle Square, Abuja, over the failure of the Federal Government to give them a new minimum wage in the country. The workers insisted that the Federal Government had a responsibility to give them a definite position on …

The Police Command in Nasarawa State has deployed over 1,000 personnel to guard government facilities in the state, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lawal Shehu, has said. Shehu made the information known in Lafia on Monday when he addressed newsmen.   He said the deployment to the 13 local government …

Fresh facts have emerged into the seizure of Zenith Bank account belonging to Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday. A credible source within the financial institution who did not want his identity revealed because it was against the ethics of his …

The population of labour force in Nigeria has increased to 78.4million in the first quarter of 2016 from 76.9 million in the last quarter of 2015 representing an increase in the labour force by 1.99 per cent. The finding was contained in a report titled Unemployment/under-employment watch Q1 2016, released …

In a bizarre show of force and disregard for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Nigerdock Nigeria plc,under the Jagal group,has sacked 1400 workers of the company,who were demanding better working conditions. The workers were sacked through text messages which they all received from Nigerdock’s recruitment agency,Prime Services‎ and …

Lacasera company plc, formerly Classic Beverages, has sacked its over 1300 workers for demanding to have a workers union. The workers is made up of both the permanent and casual workers. The decision caught all the staffs unaware as they were met with the sack notice on the gate of …

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has picketed Sapetro for terminating the appointment of 10 workers without following the due process. The workers were sacked during the process of an ongoing negotiation with the Lagos State zone of PENGASSAN plus the local branch and the …